"Blessed is the man [whose] delight is in the law of the Lord and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper"

Inner Conflict
An Incessant Warfare
The “Self” Life
NOT the Body
The Residue of the “Old Man”
Includes “Indwelling Sin”
Cannot be Eradicated
Includes Human Goodness
Possesses a Will
Has its LustsStudy Guide

There are three tenses in the Gospel: past, present and future; and the present tense is the part of the Gospel with which Christian people, in general, seem to be least familiar. We all know that when we receive Christ as Savior, our past sins are dealt with and blotted out, and that when we die, or when the Lord comes again, we shall be forever with him. Past and future are wonderfully provided for in the Gospel. But what about the present?

Comparatively few Christians have dared to believe that they have a Savior who is just as able and just as faithful in providing a miraculous experience of salvation in the present tense, now and here while we are on earth, as He has done for our past and will do for our future...

This is a vitally important question for you and me, my brother or sister in Christ. Should a Christian expect and experience constant triumph, every day and all day, over sin and self? Is the “victorious life” really practical, or is it just an attractive subject for conference gatherings and an interesting topic for discussion? Is it merely a pet theme for extremists and fanatics, or is there actually a sane, Biblical experience of practical triumph within the reach of every believer, irrespective of temperament, circumstances, environment, or changing times and conditions?

Is it some great ideal to which we must ever seek to aspire in the vague hope that, after years of exper...

To understand God’s way of victory over sin and self, it is vitally important to recognize the conflict of flesh versus Spirit in the believer. Many a young Christian has been bothered about the continued recurrence of former sinful desires. As believers, they have been “born again” and are true children of God; they are as much “justified” before God as ever they will be; yet they are conscious, from time to time, that there is a traitor within who ever challenges the will of God in and through them (Ro. 7:21). With every impulse towards holiness, and every urge of the Holy Spirit towards whole-hearted consecration, there is ever present this other thing which “wars against the soul” (1 P. 2:11).

Do you realize, my brother or sister, that there is a deeper meaning of the Cross? It constitutes a much neglected and vitally important aspect of the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ on Calvary. The substitutionary work of the Savior – his taking our place on the cross – is the only ground of a sinner’s justification, but it is important to realize that the Atonement, i.e. the whole of his accomplished work, embraces something more even than that. The Savior’s redemptive work also includes the glorious fact of “Identification“. This we must consider carefully under the illumination and guidance of the Holy Spirit in order to apprehend the divine way of victory...